[Avodah] New Brachos

[Arie Folger]

RAM wrote:
> A bracha of nehenin can be a bracha l'vatala when it is
> comparable to a oath. This will happen when the rules
> of the bracha are violated. For example, when one says
> a bracha on food, and fails to eat that food, it is like
> swearing to eat, and then breaking that oath. Or if one
> says a bracha on food during a meal, it is like a
> pointless oath.

Eh, bim'hilath kewod Toratho, neither R'n CL nor I said such a thing.
There exists an analogy between oaths and blessings insofar as it
allows for understanding what is unneded, what is superfluous and what
is plain false. But neither of us said that blessings are kinds of
oaths. And by the way, I did not claim that there is such an analogy,
R'nCL made that claim and backed it up with a citation from the
Talmud. I merely accepted that claim because it is reasonable and
based on the primary sources.

On a separate note, I find that your concluding post of the post
Talmudic berachot thread resonates with me. Yasher koach!
-- 
Arie Folger,
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